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====Date: [[:Category:2006 | ====Date: [[:Category:2006|2006]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Print Journalism|Print Journalism]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Print Journalism|Print Journalism | |||
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'''Artist:''' "Save our Seeds" | '''Artist:''' "Save our Seeds" | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Horst Seehofer - Minister of Agriculture - Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Horst Seehofer - Minister of Agriculture - Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) | ||
'''Date of Action:''' August 2006 | |||
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'''Location:''' Berlin, Germany | '''Location:''' Berlin, Germany | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' On the left side of the page, the ad shows the upper half of a corn cob being covered by a red condom. On the right side of the page, the ad has the headline "Nie mehr ohne? - Never again without?" It continues with a short text claiming that every customer should have the right for a free choice to not buy products containing genetically engineered food items. <P> | |||
'''The Incident:''' The ad was to be printed in a magazine about organic food products. As the magazine was dependent on governmental funding, the Ministry of Agriculture, with Horst Seehofer at its head, announced that all its funding of the magazine would be withdrawn if the "Save our Seeds" ad was included. <P> | |||
'''The Incident:''' | |||
'''Results of Incident:''' The magazine was printed without the ad by "Save our Seeds" <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' The magazine was printed without the ad by "Save our Seeds" <P> | ||
'''Source:''' http://www.saveourseeds.org/ | '''Source:''' http://www.saveourseeds.org/ | ||
http://www.keine-gentechnik.de/ | http://www.keine-gentechnik.de/ | ||
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[[Category:"Save our Seeds"]] | [[Category:"Save our Seeds"]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:53, 15 February 2012
Date: 2006
Region: Europe
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Print Journalism
Artist: "Save our Seeds"
Confronting Bodies: Horst Seehofer - Minister of Agriculture - Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV)
Date of Action: August 2006
Location: Berlin, Germany
Description of Artwork: On the left side of the page, the ad shows the upper half of a corn cob being covered by a red condom. On the right side of the page, the ad has the headline "Nie mehr ohne? - Never again without?" It continues with a short text claiming that every customer should have the right for a free choice to not buy products containing genetically engineered food items.
The Incident: The ad was to be printed in a magazine about organic food products. As the magazine was dependent on governmental funding, the Ministry of Agriculture, with Horst Seehofer at its head, announced that all its funding of the magazine would be withdrawn if the "Save our Seeds" ad was included.
Results of Incident: The magazine was printed without the ad by "Save our Seeds"
Source: http://www.saveourseeds.org/ http://www.keine-gentechnik.de/
